Trump Might Visit DMZ Between North Korea and South Korea

Ellis Wolfe

A report from state-sponsored news agency KCNA claimed the U.S. was exclusively responsible for the war of words with North Korea and suggested America should be first to dismantle its own nuclear arsenal.

Highly-trained special forces in the hermit kingdom have been carrying out paragliding infiltration exercises targeting the South Korean capital of Seoul.

Another defense source said the North Korean drills with paragliders had prompted the South Korean and US forces to conduct their joint short-range air defense drill late last month.

Chillingly, it is the first time troops have deliberately picked out Allied command posts as specific targets.

Another defense official said the North Korean drills with paragliders had prompted the South Korean and USA forces to conduct a joint short-range air defense drill late last month. It also noted that the South Korean Army's radar may not be able to detect a paraglider attack.

According to multiple sources, North Korean special forces conducted paragliding training on a number of days in mid-September.

Kim Jong-un has repeatedly tested Washington's patience by continuing work on nuclear and ballistic missiles.

South Korea and US soldiers stand guard during a commemorative ceremony for the 64th anniversary of the Korean armistice at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas July 27, 2017.

The exercise involved South Korea's air defense unit and soldiers from the USA 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment.

South Korea and the US are boosting their surveillance of the North with advanced hardware such as the Lockheed U-2S ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft, E-737 airborne early warning and control aircraft and P-3C maritime patrol aircraft.

"North Korea's weapons program is a grave threat to the Asia-Pacific region and the entire worldwide community", he said.

Many experts have speculated whether the White House is considering a military option to stop North Korea. "We are prepared to use the full range of military capabilities to defend the USA homeland and our allies". Only after missiles overflew Japan twice did the Trump administration reply with a flight of B-1B strategic bombers near North Korea's borders, instead of the usual flight path over South Korea.

North Korea's nuclear weapons are a "powerful deterrent firmly safeguarding the peace and security in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia, ' Kim said, referring to the 'protracted nuclear threats of the United States imperialists".

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